Tiger Cub: A 74 Squadron Fighter Pilot in World War II: The Story of John Connell Freeborn DFC

by Christopher Yeoman, John Freeborn, Chris Yeoman

Acting Pilot Officer John Freeborn reported to RAF Hornchurch on 29 October, 1938. John was posted from Flying Training School to join the already acclaimed 74 'Tiger' Squadron at eighteen years of age. One of the first people John met when he arrived at the station was Bob Stanford Tuck of 65 squadron. At that time the Squadron was equipped with the Gloster Gauntlet. A Flight's Commander was a well built, handsome South African man called Adolf 'Sailor'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848840233
• ISBN13: 9781848840232
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"